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reply posted on 28-11-2010 @ 10:36 AM by Sentinel412
reply to post by TheDolphinSings


So it has begun. What these DDoS attackers are forgot, the files are already on plenty computers, thanks to the WikiLeaks Insurance policy. So Wiki's other option, release the password for that file, then the people handle the rest.


reply posted on 28-11-2010 @ 10:40 AM by digit78
Two good sources with real time information on this matter :
OWNI Post on States Logs
NewNow on Wikileaks
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reply posted on 28-11-2010 @ 10:41 AM by detachedindividual
reply to post by fltcui



Oh, now look at that. What a surprise.

Good job they distributed most to news organizations around the world too then huh?


reply posted on 28-11-2010 @ 10:50 AM by UmbraSumus
Originally posted by TheDolphinSings
Wikileaks Twitter Update: 3 minutes ago.

"We are currently under a mass distributed denial of service attack."


I was trying to find out what a " mass distributed denial of service attack " actually entails when I came across this .....
Mass Cyber attack paralyses Burmese media

The strategy has become the Burmese junta’s key weapon of cyber warfare,despite many countries outlawing it – in the UK, conviction of DDoS can carry a 10-year prison sentence. But the laws are comparatively relaxed in a number of other countries, and a similar, but less serious, attack on the DVB website on 20 September used equipment in Russia, Georgia, Vietnam, Israel and Kazakhstan, amongst others.




mass distributed denial of service attack

..........which fires thousands of malformed web connections against the site.



reply posted on 28-11-2010 @ 10:58 AM by HunkaHunka
reply to post by UmbraSumus



Yep, basically there is a three way handshake, your browser typically sends a SYN packet, saying id like to talk to you, then the Webserver sends back a SYN/ACK and waits for the final ACK from the browser side...


What will typically happen is that the attacker just won't answer with the last part, leaving the web server in a hold state.... For about 2 minutes....

This is usually not a problem because a web server can service many may browsers at a time.... However when done in a large amount in a distributed manner, it can completely overload the web server so that it can't do it's job.
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reply posted on 28-11-2010 @ 11:05 AM by UmbraSumus
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
reply to
post by UmbraSumus



Yep, basically there is a three way handshake, your browser typically sends a SYN packet, saying id like to talk to you, then the Webserver sends back a SYN/ACK and waits for the final ACK from the browser side...


What will typically happen is that the attacker just won't answer with the last part, leaving the web server in a hold state.... For about 2 minutes....

This is usually not a problem because a web server can service many may browsers at a time.... However when done in a large amount in a distributed manner, it can completely overload the web server so that it can't do it's job.
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Thanks HunkaHunka for explaining the process .

"A three way handshake" ........


reply posted on 28-11-2010 @ 11:16 AM by HunkaHunka
Originally posted by UmbraSumus
Originally posted by HunkaHunka
reply to
post by UmbraSumus



Yep, basically there is a three way handshake, your browser typically sends a SYN packet, saying id like to talk to you, then the Webserver sends back a SYN/ACK and waits for the final ACK from the browser side...


What will typically happen is that the attacker just won't answer with the last part, leaving the web server in a hold state.... For about 2 minutes....

This is usually not a problem because a web server can service many may browsers at a time.... However when done in a large amount in a distributed manner, it can completely overload the web server so that it can't do it's job.
edit on 28-11-2010 by HunkaHunka because: (no reason given)


Thanks HunkaHunka for explaining the process .

"A three way handshake" ........



It's this three way handshake that creates a conceptual connection.... Thats the wildest thing... The only thing which actually makes a connection is a concept which is assumed after this three way handshake is completed...
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